There's Been A Subtle, Yet Important, Shift In How The Vatican Handles Sex Scandalshttp://www.businessinsider.com/the-vatican-may-finally-be-tiring-of-supporting-priests-linked-to-sex-scandals-2013-2/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:55:24 -0500Adam Taylorhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/512e24b869beddd80400000fMary BlaisdellWed, 27 Feb 2013 10:22:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/512e24b869beddd80400000f
As a Catholic, I find this galling and outrageous in many respects. The Church is moribund and has no clue that what's needed here is not repression and secrecy, but transparency and reform.
First, it is derelict to pass the buck regarding whether pedophile hidding cardinals should attend the conclave by "shifting the burden for making that decision onto the cardinals themselves.” So much for the Church having any moral authority.
Second, it plans to excommunicate any Catholics --- except cardinals --- who publicly discuss the gay sex scandal and banking corruption at the Vatican. Various studies have found that there are between 25- 58% of Catholic clergy who are sexually active gays and the US rate of HIV/AIDS among RC clerics is 4 times greater than that of the population of US men. Faced with exposure of this scandal, the Church reverts to the same disreputable policy of "cover up" as it did with the systemic rape of children for decades. It hasn't learned a thing, it hasn't learned that covering up what it views as "sin" seriously undercuts its moral authority --- its raison d'etre.
Third, aside for the cover-up, it's taking a "head in the sand" approach and won't address the findings in the report. As the investigating committee was dissolved, spokesman Lombardi "insisted that the development marked the stubborn scandal’s conclusion.” Really? No reforms, no addressing the problems, no effort to explain the problem. Unbelievable, and truly sad.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/512cf46ceab8ea2d2e000001mollymTue, 26 Feb 2013 12:44:12 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/512cf46ceab8ea2d2e000001
So why are Mahoney and Dolan going to conclave?...both under indictment/suspicion. Both unholy suspicious men who have no right to enter the Sistine.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/512ce6ebeab8ea1c0d000006Alonso EnriquezTue, 26 Feb 2013 11:46:35 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/512ce6ebeab8ea1c0d000006
About time...........